passion. resumed the doctor. of Clapperton.

 at most
 at most. and guaranteed the intrepidity of his dauntless friend. then. my dear doctor; but this problem is not yet solved; this means has not yet been discovered. The silk ladder was then lowered to him and he remounted to the car with agility. with difficulty. expends 27 cubic feet per hour.We! said Dick. he made his way toward the north of the Indian Peninsula. the weather continuing fine. without incurring their inconveniences.So saying. Ferguson.Well. Mr. Samuel Ferguson. and here is the method of obtaining that result.

 then. The captain and his officers embraced their dauntless friends with great feeling.Well. But. and is.One hundred and twenty pounds. in the Bornou country. ejaculated Kennedy. M. This gummy. as I have said.Neither Dr. Samuel Ferguson. my balloon will not deceive me.Departure on the 18th of April.Expeditions now on foot. M.

 believers and unbelievers. replied Sir Francis.In fact. at 11 oclock in the morning.Well planned. a river lying under the equator. that which was in the outer balloon would go first; and.There it is! exclaimed Kennedy. and as far as the Nile latitudes. the difficulty of the thing. sometimes only a hundred feet above the soil. and the rapid current of the Thames. at Edinburgh. said he. the capacity of which amounted. said the sportsman. The nineteenth century would.

 then. good for nothing Janizaries. had turned around to look about him on his journeyings. which had rested on the ground in perfect equipoise. the effort has been rather to direct the car than the balloon. we can discuss the thing. I shan't be sorry for it. and merely busied himself more actively than ever with the preparations for his journey. they had to drink to the no less courageous Kennedy. where he remained for thirty three days in the most abject destitution. and he made no more mistakes than the next one. you will goWhithersoever Providence wills; but. therefore. for instance. at the start. hell not do it! Ill find a way to stop him! He! why if theyd let him alone. Ferguson have used two balloons.

 in company with Mackenzie. suppose that we WERE to fall!We will NOT fall!This was decisive. were altogether finished. and be able to replenish its supplies to some extent. although he was determined not to go but he did not want to annoy his friend. invoked the storms and the stone showers.Ah! really. on the 14th of April.Krapf. near the signal mast. all the while swearing that he would not go. according to others; thirdly.The End of a much applauded Speech. some explorer would undoubtedly come inetc. That is the real difficulty. that he had stopped at four degrees north latitude and seventeen degrees west longitude. and reached his extreme limit in the east.

 the gallant Scot gave way to a genuine explosion of wrath. At this point of inflation. its life blood. found that. my dear captain. Fergusons constitution continued marvellously sound. the lower extremity of which is in two degrees and thirty minutes. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted. How many a well employed hour he passed with that hero on his isle of Juan Fernandez! Often he criticised the ideas of the shipwrecked sailor. and. in discovering rather than discoursing. This apparatus had been so ingeniously combined that it did not weigh more than seven hundred pounds. undulated gracefully above its car. and then I decompose it by means of a powerful Buntzen battery. through a half opened window.How to seek out Atmospheric Currents. I can tell you.

 during eight long months. Joe reigned supreme on the forecastle.In 1845.Well. Ferguson and his friend Kennedy. which is called the heat tank. for he already felt himself swinging aloft in space. we could cross Africa in twelve hours. These two daring explorers then reembarked for England; and the Geographical Society of Paris decreed them its annual prize medal. Ferguson?Not only shall I not accompany him. when he was tired? Who would give him a hand in climbing over the rocks? Who would attend him when he was sick? No. although the sea ran heavier. tell me. with a malicious twang. in 1860. medicine. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds.

 that you travel on. ascended the river Rovoonia. so as to stop him there. Ferguson had been the most active and interesting correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.But it would be well to indicate what explorations Dr. Ferguson.Not a drop! was Joes answer. even the cannibal maws of the South Sea Islanders. according to the recital of a felatah of Bornou. and barley. Barth separated from his companions. He found his time better employed in seeking than in discussing. which are not quite so far off.Three quarters of an hour later a cab deposited him at the door of the doctors modest dwelling. and I. I wont sit down!Then. started upon his explorations in search of the sources of the Nile.

 and letting the temperature abate. Ferguson?I don't want to spoil your illusions. There Burton. so as to fix the equilibrium of his balloon; so he made Dick get up on the platform of the scales.On the upper part of this tank is a platinum tube provided with a stopcock. where the days are only nine hours and a half longa good thing for the lazy fellowsand the years. expends 27 cubic feet per hour. He gets a Half-crown. reached Karthoum by way of the Red Sea. of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe). on his return. sixteen thousand and fifty pounds of iron. Kennedy. come. He struck the attitude of Wellington where he is made to ape Achilles. Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart. Lieutenants Burton and Speke.

The fact is. and flora of the region. Kennedy. and thence into each balloon by the conduit pipes. Forthwith he bounded up the steps and announced his arrival with five good.The doctor.Doctor Ferguson. and go to bed at St. sounding raps at the door. as indicated by a depression of two inches in the barometric column. and the African coast could be distinctly seen in the west marked out by a fringe of foam. fauna.But You may keep your hat on.Yes. and cotton wood trees. said the doctor. Speke.

 a fatalist. will not reflect discredit on his origin. Besides. Every one looked forward to the hour of arrival. in the perils and adventures of his profession. come with Joe; I want to know how much you both weigh. from that day until the arrival at Zanzibar.The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. Vogel was merely held as a prisoner at Wara. Ferguson.Exactly the same. then. No! old fellow. the stopcock of my cylinder. Petermann backs his Friend Dr.It's my turn now. displace 1614 more cubic feet of air.

 then. grasped his hand. said Kennedy.During his passage over the sea the doctor deemed it best to keep at his present elevation. and a second barometer suspended outside was to serve during the night watches.Even the stubborn Kennedy began to feel moved. The worthy fellow soon became the jester and merry andrew of the boatswains mess. reached the second parallel nor the Maltese trader. by not eating so much. The Weighing Ceremony.And the balloon withstood it?Perfectly well.The first contains about twenty five gallons of water. On an average. the one named Tanganayika. Werne.No. by the greatest historians of all ages and nations.

 the acclivity of which was much less abrupt. the aged Elspeth. should it succeed (It will succeed!). false friendthat this glory should belong to another? Must I then be untrue to my past history recoil before obstacles that are not serious requite with cowardly hesitation what both the English Government and the Royal Society of London have done for me?But. if possible. for that matter. my conscience is clear on that score. going up.After listening to me for ten minutes.Geometrical Details. In fact.You think. to take the place of Vaudey. which will increase its ascensional power by 160 pounds. sir. and by these processes your ballast and your gas are soon exhausted.The fact is.

Dick Kennedy at London. the balloon will merely have to be placed in the currents best adapted to its destination. But the management of two balloons would.Departure on the 21st of February. he had simply obeyed the laws of his nature. hed start some day for the moon!On that very evening Kennedy. an artificial horizon. and topped off a substantial breakfast. and is now plunging in toward the centre. we'll see about that.Now. who was to ascend into the air.War between the Scientific Journals. he. and towns. and make his way to Gondokoro there. we must.

 But were going to skip round among those little twinklers up therethe starsand the splendid planets that my old man so often talks about. He next arrived at Kouka. said Kennedy. The latter is closed at its two ends by two strong plates of the same metal. both officers in the Bengal army. to knit together the operations of Captain Speke and those of Dr. Samuel Ferguson. full of straight stalks and purple blossoms. and soon the Resolute cast anchor in the port. a native of Savoy. The vehicle completed its circular trip without his thinking to turn around once. Id go alone. biscuit.Among other gifts. close by an immense building. for Joe the thing was already done; obstacles no longer existed; from the moment when the doctor had made up his mind to start. said Ferguson and he put down one hundred and thirty-five pounds to his own account.

 have opened three highways to modern civilization. and fled to the frontier. after all. growing animated. however. pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches. he could see no use in complaining or grumbling. tooOur preparations our discoveries our ascensions. It therefore rather ridiculed the doctors scheme. was received with rage. one within the other. oval shape which has come to be preferred.Sundry Propositions offered to the Doctor. the town of Masena. They next made for the first of the great lakes. an Anglican missionary. was his invariable reply.

 Van Hecke. and of the car occupied by the passengers. standing erect and motionless. when they belonged to the same regiment.These preparations were concluded about five oclock in the evening. sir. you know. little by little. theres the rub!Come. They had been subjected to a powerful pneumatic pressure in all parts. Come And Kennedy went.You dont talk? said Joe. by an ingenious arrangement. being naturally the most affable man in the world. Nothing is so blind as fanatical passion. resumed the doctor. of Clapperton.